Ky. man pleads not guilty after wife's body found in well
MONTICELLO, Ky. --A south-central Kentucky manaccused of killing his wife and then hiding her body in a well has pleaded not guilty to murder.
CBS affiliate WKYT-TV reports that 29-year-old Joseph A. Jones entered his plea through his public defender in Wayne County District Court on Monday.
Jones was arrested Saturday following the discovery of the body of 28-year-old Rachel Jones at the bottom of a well near Monticello on Friday.
An arrest citation read by the judge accuses Joseph Jones of killing his wife, putting her in a well and then dropping off the couple's 9-year-old son at a family member's home before going on the run.
Authorities say Joseph Jones went to Mississippi before returning to Kentucky. He was arrested at a home near the well.